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	==Sources==		==Sources==
	*{{cite book \|last=Buckland \|first=Charles \|year=1906 \|title=Dictionary of Indian Biography \|page=2\| publisher=Swan Sonnenschein & Co.~~, Lim: London~~\|location=~~Harvard University, Digitized 8 July 2005~~\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InFTmnS4crYC&q=dictionary+biography}}		*{{cite book \|last=Buckland \|first=Charles \|year=1906 \|title=Dictionary of Indian Biography \|page=2\| publisher=Swan Sonnenschein & Co.\|location=London\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InFTmnS4crYC&q=dictionary+biography}}
	*{{cite odnb \|first1=R. H. \|last1=Vetch \|first2=Roger T. (reviewer) \|last2=Stearn \|title=Saunders Alexius Abbott (1811–1894) ''in'' Abbott, Augustus (1804–1867) \|origyear=2004 \|year=2010 \|id=11 }}		*{{cite odnb \|first1=R. H. \|last1=Vetch \|first2=Roger T. (reviewer) \|last2=Stearn \|title=Saunders Alexius Abbott (1811–1894) ''in'' Abbott, Augustus (1804–1867) \|origyear=2004 \|year=2010 \|id=11 }}

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[[Major-General]] '''Saunders Alexius Abbott''' (9 July 1811 – 7 February 1894) was an [[English people|English]] military officer in the [[Bengal Army]] and administrator serving in [[British Raj|British India]].

==Family background==
Saunders was the fourth son of Henry Alexius Abbott, a retired [[Calcutta]] merchant of Blackheath, Kent,<ref>Biog. Of Henry Alexius Abbot per the obituaries of his prominent sons</ref> and his wife Margaret Welsh, the daughter of William Welsh of Edinburgh. He had the following siblings:

* Margaret (1801–1877)
* Major General [[Augustus Abbott]] CB (1804–1867)
* Major General Sir [[Frederick Abbott (Indian Army officer)|Frederick Abbott]] CB (1805–1892)
* General Sir [[James Abbott (Indian Army officer)|James Abbott]] KCB (1807–1896)
* Emma Abbott (1809–1875)
* [[Keith Edward Abbott]], Consul General (1814–1873)
* Edmund Abbott (1816–1816)

==Career==
Abbott was educated privately and (like his brothers Augustus and Frederick) at [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]]. In 1828, he joined the [[Bengal Infantry]]. He was appointed in 1836 to be Assistant in the Revenue Survey under [[Henry Montgomery Lawrence]]. He held Survey charges from 1838 to 1842. He fought in the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]] of 1845–46. At the [[Battle of Mudki]], he forced marched reserves from [[Kasauli]] and [[Sabathu]]. He served later as [[aide-de-camp]] to Sir [[Henry Hardinge]] at the [[Battle of Ferozeshah]], during which he was dangerously wounded. In 1846 he was a [[Brevet (military)|brevet]]-[[Major-general|major]].

Abbott was appointed Deputy Commissioner of [[Umbala]] in 1847. He was appointed to the same post in [[Hoshiarpur]] in 1849 to 1854 and held the post during a mutiny. From 1858 to 1863 he was Commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. He was an honorary aide-de-camp to the [[Governor-general of India|governors-general]] until his retirement in September 1864.

After his retirement, Abbott became an agent for a railway company in [[Lahore]] before being promoted to its board of directors. He died in [[Brighton]] on 7 February 1894.

==Sources==
*{{cite book |last=Buckland |first=Charles |year=1906 |title=Dictionary of Indian Biography |page=2| publisher=Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim: London|location=Harvard University, Digitized 8 July 2005| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InFTmnS4crYC&q=dictionary+biography}}
*{{cite odnb |first1=R. H. |last1=Vetch |first2=Roger T. (reviewer) |last2=Stearn |title=Saunders Alexius Abbott (1811–1894) ''in'' Abbott, Augustus (1804–1867) |origyear=2004 |year=2010 |id=11 }}

==References==
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